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Sanghamitra Gadekar, anti-nuclear activist, daughter of Narayan Desai no more
Late last night, April 28, news came in of the demise of Uma di (Sanghamitra Gadekar) anti-nuclear activist, daughter of Narayan Desai (son of Gandhiji's secretary Mahadev Desai) and...
Learned yet Forgotten: To Dr A K Biswas, a tribute
Despite his original writings and perspective, the death of this academic and civil servant, former Home Secretary of Bihar on February 28, 2025 went largely unnoticed and unsung
Uttarakhand: Veteran Gandhian, Sarvodaya Worker Vimla Bahuguna Passes Away
Vimla, the wife of noted environmentalist Sunder Lal Bahuguna, was his ‘inspiration’ and led many a struggle for women’s and environmental rights.
Ravi Kiran Jain, advocate, human rights practitioner doyen of the human rights movement passes away
One of the most vociferous advocates for human rights, resident of Allahabad and formerly national president of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Ravi Kiran Jain passes away at 78
Manmohan Singh’s Legacy Has Lessons for Democratic Governance, Statesmanship
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The later PM’s legacy of wisdom, humility and humbleness stand in stark contrast to the present times, especially the recent disdainful remarks on Ambedkar made by Home Minister Amit Shah.
Justice KS Puttaswamy’s passing marks the end of an era for privacy rights
Right to privacy petitioner and former Karnataka High Court Judge Justice KS Puttaswamy passes away at 98; he enrolled as an advocate in 1952 and was appointed as a judge of the Karnataka High Court in 1977; his pathbreaking legal intervention left an indelible mark on privacy rights
When the state turns rogue even protests dry up, Salutes & Apologies Professor Saibaba!
If there is one unique and malevolent achievement of the present Indian state in its third, albeit less armoured term, it is, how it has through its venal acts, battered down alliances and voices of protest; GN Saibaba’s death after a long and deliberately negligent incarceration is the latest of one such
When looks embody the soul: Sitaram Yechury
It took the tragic jolt of Sita’s passing for...
‘You left us a decade too soon, when India needed its body healed and soul rejuvenated’: a farewell to comrade Sitaram Yechury
In this brief evocative farewell note, actor and theatre person, Joy Sengupta regrets “how comrade Sitaram Yechury left a decade too soon, just as Indian politics needed all the sanity and empathy you embodied: sane and empathetic leaders to collectively help, heal its body and rejuvenate its soul”
How Do I Say Goodbye to a Comrade I Have Known For 50 Years?
Sitaram Yechury spent his life working for a world free from oppression. That is the generous legacy he has left all of us who share his vision of continued struggle and solidarity.
CPI-M Polit Bureau and AIKS dip the Red Flag in memory of Comrade Sitaram Yechury
The Polit Bureau of the CPI-M and the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) have, in moving statements issued today, mourned the loss of Comrade Sitaram Yechury, a “stalwart leader of the working people and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) since 2015. Comrade Yechury was also a highly regarded Marxist intellectual, a member of the politburo of the CPI(M) since 1992 and an ace parliamentarian.”